Show AN UNCANNY STORY ORIGIN OF THE SOULLESS MONSTER OF frankenstein I 1 the ll If llory loory of an old rine n H H 1 lint is 1 often to a I 1 in I 1 Itera literature ture anil and it nt tim if ies quoted incorrectly ll I 1 Ier i eral loly 0 ly ot 01 nearly everybody has las berid of if if tie e not 1 I of 0 I 1 I 1 it in ili cot not hat that many 1 ergens teal it um alays chere ate bo so in mini my allusions to it in our altera lure ture ll tilt one absorbs s some bolt of a i of it so 80 that be he can not help know IDS ing that it Is a m weird eird and ghastly stora stout a monster but or not I 1 1 la the monster ceu m veil ell informed people do not tot always alvas kno know knos s showing that they ne leer er real roa 1 tie tl c atory stor sometimes we me lent 1 eai allusions to I 1 a monster as in one of charles Sun sunnier iners a where ie IS speaks of tl if 0 soulless monster of I 1 tie tl e wretched creation of mortal science m without god and sometimes tic tit reference Is to to I 1 rank only as if he be were mere the noon moll a ter of course sumner who was mas very particular in his use of figures of speech m was as right NN hen M mrs rs dela delana n 1 in I 1 er fine noi noel ea of sidney makes major lee say that christianity Is a I 1 rank frankenstein enstein she suffers the major to talk the stori of this weird novel a an n I 1 the circumstances un ler which it came to b be e written are tire deell edly interesting and may bedoll be tol 1 ina in a few words tl TI e facts are as follows in 1810 mary godwin afterward mrs shelley shelle eloi with shelley and they took t p their residence near geneva in switzerland they had lord bylon for a nell libor and the three passed much time together their con coil frequently ran on the occult and tl e mysterious and byron one day proposed that each should write a ghost astery ul agreed and went merit to work mork but it was mas not long before the two poets gave it up as a hopeless task they could write urite poetry but they could not write stories mary 1 erbec et ed and completed her tale in the ing of 1817 N hen lien by ron and shelley hoard heard it read they were surprise I 1 and delighted it was bound to be tl tt e novel of the the name of it was mas I 1 frankenstein rank enstein or the modern I 1 prometheus rome theus it m was as im ini med mediately lately sent to london for publics lion an I 1 met with a great success Is a swiss youth a student at tl e university of ingol stadt deeply interested in the study of chemistry and philosophy lie ile icso lesches lies to penetrate the mysteries of lift and death annl midst aiom nature the secret of creation lifter prolong cd stu sauly ay he susiee Is and disc discovers I 1 low ow to impart moi mot movement ement an aal I 1 lion to lifeless mattir lie ile then tesi olNes to moll a colossal man mail making mm nim in borin annl all I 1 fenton annl tin I 1 imbue I 1 irn tin with vi ith life lie ile cirkles on ills la in a far from frow tie I 1 habitations of man labors lal ors long nu 1 bevelly and at lust 11 e Is comi lete I 1 tl TI ere in 11 1 e great room lies iles cli foi faini m an I 1 of a hit man matt bell badig g 1 berfect lu III all I 1 Is I 1 lions I 1 relates the satorv it alts on a brady drady night in noun bor her tl at I 1 bel eld tl ti e mccomi 1141 n t nt lit of my tolls toils N tit an anxiety tl if nt tit a nl moat most amounted to agony I 1 coll coil atel tie In ants nits of life me thit I 1 might infuse a ill S ark of I 1 dug ong into the life lifeless lewi thing tl it at iny lay at my fe I 1 it waa wa abrady I 1 0 clock in lie the morning orning m J file lie rain pat terel manually against ta tie e n m in ili low I 1 anes an I 1 my candle nas as I 1 n a nil i I 1 i burned out atlin I 1 t IT by the gilan 4 i 1 tl if e half extinguish el light I 1 sin sill t dull yellow tye cye of the creature oien olen it breathed harl and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs febol the immense creature arose and tie tl e artist frightened at hla his own mork ork fled amay an ay then he returns to fin 1 lih iiii cr tation possessed of life and an eiery attil bute of humanity except a soul bowl owl ere can it find human sym pathy it is out of harmony with all things about it and after searching the horld in pursuit of happiness it returns again to I 1 rank frankenstein enstein and dt demands that he make a companion with whom it can hie file in to sympathy and love frankenstein declines and thence forth the monster pursues him with hatred and revenge it slays his broth ers and sister his friend and his ills bride it follows him film to russia to and into the arctic ocean and there cica ci calure ture and artist perish together it Is a most uncanny story to I 1 lead md 0 nights sir walter scott reviewed the novel in the quarterly but while admitting its power confessed he did not like it IL our taste and our judgment revolt at this kind of writing all the bittles agreed as to its daring originality 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